CVE-2022-4656

WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) < 6.5 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode

The WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) WordPress plugin before 6.5 does not validate and escape one of its shortcode attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack.

Affected

WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic)

CVSS v3.1 NVD

5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 40th percentile

Published

2023-02-13

Updated

2025-03-20

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05976ed8-5a26-4eae-adb2-0ea3b2722391

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry